Category: Business News

Suggested Steps For Success of USVI and CARICOM To Form A Partnership: OP-ED

How can CARICOM (the Caribbean Community) pivot, using its own resources and talents, and how can we leverage the potential of USVI/CARICOM partnerships to our mutual benefit? While there are real and meaningful examples of cooperation between the U.S. and the Caribbean, we are in need of a reignited Third Border Initiative to solidify ties […]

AT&T Fiber Optic Cable Installation To Lead To Partial Road Closures On Wednesday

CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Police Department is advising the motoring public that asphalt restoration related to the AT&T Fiber Optic Cable Deployment Project will result in partial road closures and lane closures from March 17 through March 26. From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., work will be performed on Queen Mary Highway, from the […]

Red Ribbon Week Contest Winners Get Google Chromebooks

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Police Department, in partnership with the Virgin Islands Department of Education, issued new Google Chromebook computers with carrying cases to winners of the 2020 Red Ribbon Week poster and essay contests. The contests were held as part of the annual Red Ribbon Week activities during the last week of […]

VING Working With Department of Health To Make Getting COVID-19 Vaccine Easier

KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands National Guard said it is striving to make booking COVID-19 vaccination appointments easier online for persons interested in getting vaccinated. One way to do so is by visiting the Virgin Islands National Guard website at https://vi.ng.mil/. Once there, simply click on the COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduling Gateway, and it will take you […]

St. Croix Hospital Names Hall After Tim Duncan’s Mom; NBA Champ Tours JFL

CHRISTIANSTED — The Juan F. Luis Hospital celebrated the life and contributions of former hospital worker Delysia Ione Duncan by naming “The Delysia Ione Duncan Hall” in her honor. The hospital also expressed “deep gratitude to Tim Duncan for his generous donation of a medical-grade oxygen generator.” Through her many years of service leading with […]

USVI Immune To Most Things On U.S. Mainland … Including Daylight Saving Time

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Millions of Americans will lose an hour’s sleep this weekend — but not in the Virgin Islands. Daylight saving time begins this weekend — at 2 a.m. Sunday — and most people in the mainland U.S. will set their clocks forward one hour. The Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, […]

Puerto Rico To Reopen Historic San José Church After Long Restoration

SAN JUAN (AP) — The construction worker stood on his tiptoes and tried to arrange a crown of thorns on a statue of Jesus while architect Jorge Rigau fired a flurry of directions from beneath the ladder. “Grab it like this and move it just a bit,” he said, motioning with his fingers. “Move it […]

Far From White House, St. Croix Refinery To Test Biden’s Promises On Poverty and Pollution

CHRISTIANSTED — Earlier this month, Loren Hughes, a longtime resident of St. Croix, noticed specks of an oily substance covering his home, as well as those owned by his neighbors. For Hughes, 46, it brought back memories of the last time the south shore refinery was operating, roughly a decade earlier. The refinery restarted last […]

USVI Parents To Get $3,000 To $3,600 Per Child Starting In Summer From Rescue Act

WASHINGTON — USVI parents will soon get cash benefits from the USA COVID-19 Rescue Act. The U.S. Virgin Islands is included in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act that includes payments to parents with children under the age of 18. The provisions of that Act will increase the child tax credit to $3,000 per […]

DPW Gets $2.5 Million From FEMA To Ward Off Mudslides In The Territory

CHRISTIANSTED — The Federal Emergency Management Agency, through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, awarded the Department of Public Works $2,551,550 for a territory-wide slope analysis to identify areas at risk for landslides and to design and install slope stabilization systems. Once complete, the project will remedy the effects of falling rock and mudslides in vulnerable areas throughout the […]